{"id":60730,"date":"2025-11-11T08:40:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T08:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/?page_id=60730"},"modified":"2025-11-14T04:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T04:06:43","slug":"japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) program provides the opportunity for a select group of Japanese American leaders from across the United States to travel to Japan to engage with Japanese leaders in the business, government, academic, non-profit and cultural sectors. The trip also allows Japanese leaders to gain a greater understanding of multicultural America through the experiences of a diverse group of Japanese Americans. Upon their return, delegates collaborate with JALD alumni, the local consulates, the U.S.-Japan Council and local and national community organizations to continue strengthening ties between the United States and Japan. Meet the alumni below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2000<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Wayne Doiguchi, Northern California
Irene Hirano, Southern California
Eugene Itogawa, Northern California
Kaz Maniwa, Northern California
David Mas Masumoto, Northern California
Diane Matsuda, Northern California
Alan Nishio, Southern California
Paul Osaki, Northern California
Dale Shimasaki, Northern California
Bryan S. Takeda, Southern California
Richard Uchida, Northern California
Karen Wada, Southern California<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2002<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Chris Aihara, Southern California
Jody Fujii, Northern California
Nancy Hatamiya, Northern California
Georgette Imura, Northern California
Glenn Kawafuchi, Southern California
Carol Komatsuka, Southern California
Mitchell Maki, Southern California
Sheri Sakamoto, Southern California
Eric Tate, Northern California
Andrew Yamamoto, Southern California<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2003<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Dale Minami, Northern California
Paula A. Nakayama, Hawaii
Scott Y. Nishimoto, Hawaii
Wendy Sakai Notsinneh, Northern California
Sandra L. Sakamoto, Southern California
Bill H. Seki, Southern California
Paul K. Tanaka, Southern California
Kip Tokuda, Washington
Robin Toma, Southern California
Karen Yamamoto, Northern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2004<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Keiko Bonk, Hawaii
Margaret Cummisky, District of Columbia
Carole Hayashino, Northern California
Leslie I. Hidaka, Hawaii
Lillian Kawasaki, Southern California
Ron Mamiya, Washington
David Mineta, Northern California
Curtiss Takada Rooks, Southern California
Linda Toyota, Texas
Mark T. Uyeda, District of Columbia
Patricia Kay Wada, Northern California
Grant Yoshihara, Oregon<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2005<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Jean M. Fujiu, Illinois
Mariko O. Gordon, New York
Terry S. Hara, Southern California
Melvin M. Horikami, Hawaii
Carol L. Izumi, District of Columbia
Mark Makoto Kobayashi, Northern California
Donna L. Kotake, Northern California
Lori Lei Matsukawa, Washington
Thomas J. Migaki, Colorado
Kelly T. Saito, Oregon
Susan Yamada Scott, Hawaii
Randi Sono Tahara, Southern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2006<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Frank Buckley
Donna Fujimoto Cole
Jose Keichi Fuentes
Philip Kan Gotanda
Kerry S. Hada
Ann Harakawa
Robert K. Ichikawa
Patricia A. Kinaga
Calvin Manshio
Eric K. Martinson
Sharon Tomiko Santos
Floyd D. Shimomura
Karen L. Suyemoto
Patrice Tanaka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2007<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Susan Eichor, Hawaii
Donna Shimoda Hollingshead, Maryland
Brian Matsumoto, Colorado
Brennon Morioka, Hawaii
Albert Muratsuchi, Southern California
Eric Y. Nishizawa, Southern California
Larry Oda, Northern California
Miyoko Sawamura, Northern California
Michelle Sugahiro, Oregon
Robert Takagi, Illinois
Sandra Tanamachi, Texas
Harold Taniguchi, Washington
Donna Tsufura, New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2008<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Kristen Dozono, Oregon
Tom Ikeda, Washington
David Iwata, Southern California
Sachi Koto, Georgia
Stan H. Koyanagi, Southern California
Wayne H. Muraoka, Hawaii
Stann Nakazono, New York
Paul Ujihiro Niwa, Massachusetts
John Takeo Noguchi, Northern California
Joan Haru Ochi, District of Columbia
Mark Hisao Yamakawa, Hawaii
Ted Teruo Yamasaki, Northern California
Lori S.C. Yokoyama, Illinois<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2009<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Wendy Akemi Abe, Hawaii
Dianne Fukami, Northern California
Michael K. Hirai, Hawaii
Elaine Ikoma Ko, Washington
Robert W. Kumaki, Illinois
Kenneth D. Miyagishima, New Mexico
Debra Nakatomi, Southern California
Ted Tetsuya Namba, Arizona
Patricia Akemi Neilson, Massachusetts
Peter Sakai, Texas
Edward Kiyoshi Shikada, Northern California
Kirk Hiroyuki Tambara, Washington
Marianne R.M. Yoshioka, New York<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2010<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Charles Edward Allcock, Oregon
Tracey Doi, Southern California
Stuart Ishimaru, District of Columbia
Dayne Kono, Illinois
Duane Kurisu, Hawaii
Colbert Matsumoto, Hawaii
Moni Miyashita, New York
Jill Nishi, Washington
Janet Nuzum, District of Columbia
John Okamoto, Washington
Judy Sakaki, Northern California
Wendy Shiba, Southern California
Jan Yanehiro, Northern California<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2011<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Phyllis Campbell, Oregon
Erwin Furukawa, Southern California
Kathryn Ibata-Arens, Illinois
Bill Imada, Southern California
Val Iwashita, Hawaii
Susan Morita, District of Columbia
Gary Moriwaki, New York
Susan Muranishi, Northern California
Gary Oda, Hawaii
Kenneth Oye, Massachusetts
Genevieve Shiroma, Northern California
William Tsutsui, Texas
Mari Watanabe, Oregon<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2012<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Michael Bosack, Colorado
Barbara Hibino, Northern California
Shannon Hori, Florida
Neil Horikoshi, District of Colombia
Janet Ikeda, Virginia
Mark Mitsui, Oregon
Susan Onuma, New York
Barry Taniguchi, Hawaii
Michael Tanimura, Illinois
Paul Watanabe, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2013<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Julie Azuma
Marion Friebus-Flaman
Martin Y. Iguchi
Kenzo Kawanabe
Emily Murase
Verne Naito
Kelly Ogilvie
Eric Takahata
David Yamahata
Amy D. Yamashiro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Elisa Dozono
Leona Hiraoka
Yoriko Kishimoto
Brad Miyake
Carrie Okinaga
Derek Okubo
Keiko Matsudo Orrall
Toko Serita
Keith Walters
Gary Yamashiroya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Lynn Hashimoto
Yoshie Ito
Toshiki Masaki
Richard I. Morimoto
Priscilla Ouchida
Linda Taira
Sach Takayasu
Tyler Tokioka
Tracy Tsuetaki
Robin Yasui<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Bruce Harrell
Eric Shintaro Hiraga
Bruce E. Hollywood
Stan Masamitsu
Kiyo Matsumoto
Monte Del Mar (Noda) Mesa
Eric Nakajima
Darren T. Nakata
Mark Yokoyama
Tasha A. Yorozu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2017<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

David Boone
Jason Fujimoto
Sawako Tachibana Gardner
Roy Hirabayashi
Leslie A. Ito
Lynn Nakamoto
Patrick Oishi
Ken Russell
Michael Takada
Wendy Takahisa
Gary Yamashita<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2018<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Sheri Bryant
Darcy Endo-Omoto
Monica Okada Guzman
David Inoue
Denise Moriguchi
David Ono
Lisa Sakai
June Taylor
Chris Uehara
Laurie Van Pelt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t

2019<\/p>\n\t\t\t

<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\n

Andrew Fujimoto
Joy J. Goto
Mark T. Nakagawa
Kyle Nakamoto
Kurt Osaki
Vickie Sakurada Schaepler
Mariko Silver
Bryce Suzuki
Britt Yamamoto
Kelly Yamasaki<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) program provides the opportunity for a select group of Japanese American leaders from across the United States to travel to Japan to engage with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"section":[],"class_list":["post-60730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"\nJapanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni - U.S.-Japan Council<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ja_JP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni - U.S.-Japan Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) program provides the opportunity for a select group of Japanese American leaders from across the United States to travel to Japan to engage with […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"U.S.-Japan Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-14T04:06:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/\",\"name\":\"Japanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni - U.S.-Japan Council\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-11T08:40:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-14T04:06:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ja\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Japanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/\",\"name\":\"U.S.-Japan Council\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ja\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Japanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni - U.S.-Japan Council","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/","og_locale":"ja_JP","og_type":"article","og_title":"Japanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni - U.S.-Japan Council","og_description":"The Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) program provides the opportunity for a select group of Japanese American leaders from across the United States to travel to Japan to engage with […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/","og_site_name":"U.S.-Japan Council","article_modified_time":"2025-11-14T04:06:43+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/","url":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/","name":"Japanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni - U.S.-Japan Council","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-11-11T08:40:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-14T04:06:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ja","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/japanese-american-leadership-delegation-alumni\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Japanese American Leadership Delegation Alumni"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/","name":"U.S.-Japan Council","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ja"}]}},"mfb_rest_fields":["title","featured_image_src","yoast_head","yoast_head_json"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60730"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60978,"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60730\/revisions\/60978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=60730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}